As of May 31, 2014, besides comprehensive coverage of California local measures, the Local Ballot Measure project is tracking 72 notable local measures and five local pension related measures. In January, February, March, April, and June of 2014 elections on 174 local measures were covered, with 136 approved and 38 defeated.[1]

The May 20 election in Oregon featured two measures that garnered national attention, as well as spending from national corporations. Voters in Jackson County and Johnson County chose to approve prohibitions against the production or cultivation of genetically modified organisms within county boundaries. Opponents of the bans spent nearly a million dollars to defeat them, making these races the biggest local ballot battles in 2014 as of the end of May, 2014.

One hundred and forty three local measures were presented to voters across California on June 3, 2014. Out of the total measures, 26 were defeated and 117 were approved. Other new and unique local ballot measures also popped up around the state.

Perhaps the most notable measure on the ballot was approved in San Francisco, where voters saw a question to require voter approval for any construction project on the waterfront that exceeds current height zoning limits.[4][5]

Notable topics

Ballotpedia is covering the following notable local topics in detail in 2014: